Thanks for enlightening me on different aspects. Actually I found there are many exciting network stack projects/overhaul happening in FreeBSD 8. I just want to gear up myself and see what I can do. I have got 6.3 installed and tweaking some of the kernel modification and compilation process so that i can get myself acquainted to the software development process.
It seems that Juniper favors the even number FreeBSD's. So get to know about FB8 could be ahead of them :) william 2008/1/24, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "william wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Are there any docments or pointers to get me started hacking around my > > 6.3 asap? Building toochains, submitting patches etc.... or i just > > follow most of the conventions in the Linux kernel development > > community? > > The toolchain is already in place, no need to build anything. > > You'll find our make is different from GNU make. It may take a while to > get used to it, but when you do, you'll find it much more powerful. > > The official channel for patch submissions is send-pr(1), but due to > manpower issues, PRs often get lost in the noise. Posting the patch to > the appropriate mailing list may be more effective. > > Speaking of patches, you should seriously consider upgrading to > RELENG_7, as 6.3 is quite possibly the very last RELENG_6 release, and > patches against 6.3 won't raise much interest from developers. You'll > find information on how to upgrade in the handbook. > > The biggest difference you will notice from Linux is that pretty much > everything, including major kernel subsystems, is documented in man > pages. If you find something (a library function or system call or > kernel module) that doesn't have a man page, try to track down the > author and prod them - or bitch on freebsd-doc until someone writes a > man page - or write it yourself if you feel up to learning groff (which > isn't for the faint of heart, but you get used to it after a while) > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
